The impact of past temporal discounting on mental health: Opposite effects of positive and negative event aftertastes over time

IF 5.3 1区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL

International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology Pub Date : 2024-03-03 DOI:10.1016/j.ijchp.2024.100453

Bowen Hu , Shunmin Zhang , Peiwei Liu , Feng Zhou , Tingyong Feng

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Abstract

Background

Time frees people from bereavement, but also fades childhood happiness, these dynamics can be understood through the framework of past temporal discounting (PTD), which refers to the gradual decrease in affect intensity elicited by recalling positive or negative events over time. Despite its importance, measuring PTD has been challenging, and its impact on real-life outcomes, such as mental health remains unknown.

Method

Here, we employed a longitudinal tracking approach to measure PTD in healthy participants (N = 210) across eight time points. We recorded changes in affect intensity for positive and negative events and examined the impact of PTD on mental health outcomes, including general mental well-being, depression, stress sensitivity, and etc.

Results

The results of Bayesian multilevel modeling indicated that the affect intensity for positive and negative events discounted over time at a gradually decelerating rate. Furthermore, we found that maintaining good mental health heavily depended on rapid PTD of negative events and slow PTD of positive events.

Conclusions

These results provide a comprehensive characterization PTD and demonstrate its importance in maintaining mental health.

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过去的时间折扣对心理健康的影响：随着时间的推移，积极和消极事件余味的影响截然相反

背景时间会让人们从丧亲之痛中解脱出来，但也会让童年的幸福感逐渐消失，这些动态变化可以通过过去时间折扣（PTD）框架来理解，PTD 是指随着时间的推移，人们在回忆积极或消极事件时引起的情感强度逐渐降低。尽管 PTD 非常重要，但对其进行测量却一直是个难题，而且它对心理健康等现实生活结果的影响仍不为人所知。结果贝叶斯多层次建模的结果表明，随着时间的推移，积极和消极事件的情感强度会逐渐减弱。此外，我们还发现保持良好的心理健康在很大程度上取决于消极事件的快速PTD和积极事件的缓慢PTD。

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International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL-

CiteScore

10.70

自引率

5.70%

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审稿时长

33 days

期刊介绍： The International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology is dedicated to publishing manuscripts with a strong emphasis on both basic and applied research, encompassing experimental, clinical, and theoretical contributions that advance the fields of Clinical and Health Psychology. With a focus on four core domains—clinical psychology and psychotherapy, psychopathology, health psychology, and clinical neurosciences—the IJCHP seeks to provide a comprehensive platform for scholarly discourse and innovation. The journal accepts Original Articles (empirical studies) and Review Articles. Manuscripts submitted to IJCHP should be original and not previously published or under consideration elsewhere. All signing authors must unanimously agree on the submitted version of the manuscript. By submitting their work, authors agree to transfer their copyrights to the Journal for the duration of the editorial process.